# 消費者安全法 / Consumer Safety Act — 第七章 (Chapter 7) This is the Markdown twin of https://japanlaw.org/ja/consumer-safety-act/ch-7. Every law, and how to address a provision: https://japanlaw.org/llms.txt. The same laws as MCP tools (no sign-in): https://japanlaw.org/mcp. - Law: 消費者安全法 (Consumer Safety Act), 平成二十一年法律第五十号 - English title "Consumer Safety Act": Ministry of Justice translation - Kind: Act — the distinction between 法律 (Act), 政令 (Cabinet Order), 省令 (Ministerial Order) and 条例 (local ordinance) decides who may issue it and what it may say. - Provision: 第七章 (Chapter 7) — address `ch-7` - Text in force since: 2025-06-01 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/ja/consumer-safety-act/ch-7 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000050/ch-7 - Every provision below carries its address and both URLs on the line under it. - Japanese text: e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁). English: as marked on each line below. Only the Japanese as published by the government has legal effect; the text below is a copy of it. Every English rendering below is a translation and says which kind: the Ministry of Justice's translation, or this site's machine translation, whose model and date the Sources list names. They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ## 第七章　雑則 — Chapter VII Miscellaneous Provisions heading: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ch-7 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/consumer-safety-act/ch-7 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000050/ch-7 ### 第四十六条（財政上の措置等） — (Financial Measures) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-46 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/consumer-safety-act/art-46 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000050/art-46 **第一項** 国及び地方公共団体は、消費者安全の確保に関する施策を実施するために必要な財政上の措置その他の措置を講ずるよう努めなければならない。 art-46/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/consumer-safety-act/art-46/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000050/art-46/par-1 The national and local governments must endeavor to take necessary financial and other measures for implementing a policy for Ensuring Consumer Safety. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ### 第四十七条（権限の委任） — (Delegation of Authority) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-47 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/consumer-safety-act/art-47 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000050/art-47 **第一項** 内閣総理大臣は、第四十五条第一項の規定による権限その他この法律の規定による権限（政令で定めるものを除く。）を消費者庁長官に委任する。 art-47/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/consumer-safety-act/art-47/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000050/art-47/par-1 The Prime Minister delegates the authority under Article 45, paragraph (1) and other authority under this Act (except for what is provided by Cabinet Order) to the Secretary-General of the Consumer Affairs Agency. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の規定により消費者庁長官に委任された第四十五条第一項の規定による権限に属する事務の一部は、政令で定めるところにより、都道府県知事又は消費生活センターを置く市町村の長が行うこととすることができる。 art-47/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/consumer-safety-act/art-47/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000050/art-47/par-2 It is permissible to decide, under Cabinet Order, that either the prefectural governor or the mayor of the municipality in which a Consumer Affairs Center has been established is to carry out a portion of the administrative processes that are part of the authority under Article 45, paragraph (1) which is delegated to the Secretary-General of the Consumer Affairs Agency pursuant to the preceding paragraph. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ### 第四十八条（事務の区分） — (Classification of Administrative Processes) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-48 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/consumer-safety-act/art-48 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000050/art-48 **第一項** 前条第二項の規定により地方公共団体が処理することとされている事務は、地方自治法（昭和二十二年法律第六十七号）第二条第九項第一号に規定する第一号法定受託事務とする。 art-48/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/consumer-safety-act/art-48/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000050/art-48/par-1 Any administrative process that, pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (2) of the preceding Article, it has been decided the local government will handle is classified as an item (i) statutorily entrusted process as provided in Article 2, paragraph (9), item (i) of the Local Autonomy Act (Act No. 67 of 1947). Ministry of Justice translation with a slip corrected by this site — not the Ministry's text; the Ministry printed: "Any administrative process that, pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (2) of the preceding Article, it has been decided the local government will handle is classified as an item (i) statutorily entrusted processes as provided in Article 2, paragraph (9), item (i) of the Local Autonomy Act (Act No. 67 of 1947)." — https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/2887/tb ### 第四十九条（内閣府令への委任） — (Delegation to Cabinet Office Order) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-49 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/consumer-safety-act/art-49 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000050/art-49 **第一項** この法律に定めるもののほか、この法律の実施のため必要な事項は、内閣府令で定める。 art-49/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/consumer-safety-act/art-49/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000050/art-49/par-1 Beyond what is set forth in this Act, any provisions that need to be made in order for this Act to be put into effect are made by Cabinet Office Order. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System ### 第五十条（経過措置） — (Transitional Measures) caption: Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System art-50 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/consumer-safety-act/art-50 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000050/art-50 **第一項** この法律の規定に基づき命令を制定し、又は改廃する場合においては、その命令で、その制定又は改廃に伴い合理的に必要と判断される範囲内において、所要の経過措置（罰則に関する経過措置を含む。）を定めることができる。 art-50/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/ja/consumer-safety-act/art-50/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000050/art-50/par-1 If an order is enacted, revised, or abolished in accordance with the provisions of this Act, the necessary transitional measures (including transitional measures for penal provisions) may be provided by that order, within the scope reasonably judged necessary in association with the enactment, revision, or abolition of the order. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-47/par-1: 第四十五条第一項 → 消費者安全法 第四十五条第一項 (Article 45, paragraph (1)), art-45/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/consumer-safety-act/art-45/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000050/art-45/par-1 - art-47/par-2: 前項 → 消費者安全法 第四十七条第一項 (Article 47, paragraph (1)), art-47/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/consumer-safety-act/art-47/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000050/art-47/par-1 - art-47/par-2: 第四十五条第一項 → 消費者安全法 第四十五条第一項 (Article 45, paragraph (1)), art-45/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/consumer-safety-act/art-45/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000050/art-45/par-1 - art-48/par-1: 前条第二項 → 消費者安全法 第四十七条第二項 (Article 47, paragraph (2)), art-47/par-2 — https://japanlaw.org/ja/consumer-safety-act/art-47/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/421AC0000000050/art-47/par-2 - art-48/par-1: 地方自治法（昭和二十二年法律第六十七号）第二条第九項第一号 → e-Gov law 322AC0000000067, 第二条第九項第一号 (Article 2, paragraph (9), item (i)), art-2/par-9/item-1 — not held in this collection --- ## Sources - claude-opus-5-5 — Corrections to the Ministry of Justice's English of the Consumer Safety Act, written 2026-11-02 - e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 消費者安全法 — the text in force from 2025-06-01 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/421AC0000000050/20250601_504AC0000000068), retrieved 2026-11-01 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Consumer Safety Act (消費者安全法), Article 48, paragraph (1) — the Ministry of Justice's English as printed (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/2887/tb), retrieved 2026-11-01 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — Consumer Safety Act — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/2887/tb), retrieved 2026-11-01 - This site's parser, version 219 — 消費者安全法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-11-01